"Surely there's no need for violence."

"Do I look like I was born yesterday?" The mustached cowboy said, "Trust no one you don't already know, and I sure as hell haven't seen you two before."

"Fair point. What do you think Amy? Fair point?"

"I think it doesn't matter if we've got guns pointed at us."

"Just because they're rude doesn't mean that we have to be."

"Shut yer traps!"

"They do have a point, Billy," The somewhat cleaner man stated. The man, Billy, rolled his eyes.

"We're in the middle of a warzone, Johnny, there's no time for niceties."

"I think there's always time for-"

"Alright, I'm taking Mr. Chatterbox over here. You lead the lady. We need to get back to camp before the next storm hits."

"Storm?" Amy checked the sky, there weren't any clouds.

"Dust storm," Her captor, Johnny, looked nervously at the planet's sun. "Hits every day 'round high noon."

"That's oddly specific. How long has this been going on?" Billy shoved the Doctor with his gun.

"We'll be askin the questions here, now git." The two cowboys lead them back past where the tracks had stopped, over another hill and into what looked like a capsized van buried under ash and debris. The inside was surprisingly roomy, no doubt due to how Billy and Johnny had completely gutted the vehicle, stripping it of all the seats, wiring and whatnot, leaving it literally a shell of its former self. The only things it contained were a few piles of canned food, canteens and ammunition for the men's respective weapons. Johnny shut the door securely once they were inside, even bothering to brace it with a (rather unhelpful) piece of wood.

"This is a lovely place you have here," The Doctor ignored Billy's glare.

"It's a work in progress. Who are you?"

"We could ask you the same thing." Amy stated with crossed arms.

"You could also get shot."

"Johnny Fry and Billy Richardson at your service ma'am," Johnny smiled at them, also ignoring Billy's displeasure. "Sorry for being rough with ya we've had a rough time since we got here and Billy's been on edge."

"They killed Gus and Charlie!"

"We don' know that for sure."

"Oh, so they vanished then?"

"I told ya my theory."

"And your theory is codwash."

"I didn' say it'd make sense."

"Well good cause it don't."

"Theory?" The Doctor cut in before the argument could continue. Johnny beamed and Billy resumed glaring.

"The idjit thinks we were snatched by… What'dja call it John?"

"Space aliens!"

"Space aliens,"

"Well that's a good theory, if a bit off." The Doctor quickly scanned them with his sonic, confirming his suspicions. "Though I wouldn't say 'snatched.'"

"What's that-"

"Sonic screwdriver," He didn't have time for these questions, "What's the last thing you two can remember before you woke up here?" Billy stared at him questioningly.

"I was just about to go on my next run," Johnny stated, "I had a mochila ready for California. Billy here was lecturing me about safety procedures."

"Idjit nearly shot himself the other day."

"So you both remember the same moment?" The Doctor tapped thoughtfully at his chin, "Were Charlie and Gus there?"

"We always have a get together before one of us goes on a run." Billy stated.

"A run?" Amy asked, having heard the same term used twice.

"Yes, ma'am, you're looking at the first rider of the Pony Express." Johnny stuck out his chest. "Fastest cross country mailing service in the US of A." The door rattled and the group suddenly noticed that all you could see outside the window was a cloud of ash and dust.

"Storm's started," Billy checked the door to make sure it was secure.

"It does this every day at noon?"

"On the dot."

"And that didn't strike you as odd?"

"We've been too busy 'voidin' them patrols and survivin' in this junk heap care much about the weather." Johnny claimed.

"Patrols?"

"Big metal things. John recons they're aliens." Billy stared at them intently. "We told you our story now who the hell are you?"

"I'm the Doctor," It was the Doctor's turn to stare, this time sympathetically, "And I'm sorry, but you're not real."

Thank you for reading. I hope you enjoyed it.

If anyone's interested Johnny and Billy were real people. You can look them up if you want to.